Account of Tax Payments
Account of tax payments by a minimum of 9 people made through the largest payer, one Aion
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Account of tax payments for the assessment of Phamenoth TM 10483Karanis (Arsinoites)350 CE – 360 CE
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An account of tax payments for the assessment of the month Phamenoth, listing sums in talents owed by Aion and paid through him by several villagers including Amaeis, Ouenaphris, Pankratis, Hatres and others. It gives a total paid and the outstanding balance with its distribution. It comes from Karanis in the Fayum, mid-4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Of the assessment (merismos) of Phamenoth:
Aion, 6 myriads 8,400 talents (68,400 talents)
of which: Amaeis 7,200 talents
Aion 2 myriads 500 talents (20,500 talents)
Ouenaphris 1,500 talents
Pankratis 3,300 talents
Aion 1,200 talents
Ammonas 1,000 talents
Hatres 700 talents
Aion 400 talents
Aion 200 talents
Aion 2,600 talents
Anarochei 1,100 talents
Aion 1,100 talents
Anauphis 4,700 talents
Pantel 2,000 talents
Aion 5,500 talents
Total: 5 myriads 3,000 talents (53,000 talents)
Remainder: 1 myriad 5,400 talents (15,400 talents)
of which:
Hatres 1,700 talents, another 900 talents
Amaeis 1,400 talents, Aion 2,900 talents
A merismos was a tax assessment apportioned among taxpayers; the large sums in talents reflect the inflated currency of the 4th century. The listed payments sum to slightly less than the stated total of 53,000 talents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Tax Payments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.7.131
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